SAN ANTONIO — Paula Owen's latest series of paintings, which goes on view Saturday at REM Gallery as Contemporary Art Month San Antonio opens, deals with the assault-on-our-senses society that we all deal with every day.

“Our senses are overloaded with so much information, especially visual information,” said Owen, a working artist who also is president of the Southwest School of Art. “The flip side of that for me is to find patterns, relationships and beauty in that fact. When I walk in my studio, I'm trying to unhinge from reality.”

The result for “Vague Chatter” is works on canvas populated by a visual vocabulary that vaguely resembles the onslaught of symbols, signage, logos and letter forms we encounter endlessly.

“They resemble things we actually see, but they are not representational,” Owen said. “They are from my imagination.”

Speaking of assaults on the senses, CAM — now in its 29th year — features more than 50 exhibitions and events from lectures to film screenings throughout March showcasing San Antonio's vibrant visual arts community.

“It's a way of drawing attention to what happens in the art community in the city year-round,” said CAM co-chairman Chris Sauter. “And as far as I know, it's one of the oldest contemporary arts months in the country.”

The CAM-Vogt Contemporary and Modern Art Auction on Tuesday will feature works by more than a dozen local artists, from Rainey to Alex Rubio, on sale at Vogt Appraisers & Auctioneers, 2415 Boardwalk.

“It's an attempt to generate some collectorship for contemporary art,” Sauter said. “For a city our size, we don't have a lot of contemporary art collectors. So this is one approach to stimulate some interest.”

The artist will receive 75 percent of the sales price, and a portion of proceeds goes to CAM.

For “CAMx: La Tensión Extendida,” an artist exchange with Mexico City, Three Walls gallery presents a pop-up space March 14 at The Warehouse, 1119 S. St. Mary's St. (behind the Monterrey) featuring a sound installation by Mexico City artist Manuel Rocha Iturbide that essentially turns the cavernous space into an interactive musical instrument.

“Both artists' approaches are community-based,” Sauter said. “They want to engage the community around the Guadalupe.”

To do so, Blizard, a new arrival who teaches at the University of Texas at San Antonio, will host art walks through the neighborhood and leave her work for the public, while Menjivar will, according to Sauter, lead a search for four-leaf clovers.

“SHOOT YOURSELF” offers the chance to create the ultimate selfie at Gravelmouth, 1906 S. Flores St., on March 8. Artists Angela Fox, Louie Chavez, Nik Soupé, Sixto-Juan Zavala and David Shek Vega have produced five sets or backdrops for that self-portrait that won't be forgotten, so slip into some stylish threads and bring your camera or smartphone.